# steg
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stɛɡ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛɡ

### Etymology 1

Shortening of steganography.

#### Verb

steg (third-person singular simple present stegs, present participle stegging, simple past and past participle stegged)
* (transitive, informal) To conceal (data) by means of steganography.
** 1994, Virtual Bob, “Crypto Maniac”, in comp.sys.mac.programmer (Usenet):Stego rasterizes the image, then stegs data into the least significant bit (or LSB) of each of the RGB color values.
** 2002, the Pull, “getting started”, in alt.fan.cult-dead-cow (Usenet):Another project being worked on is stegging banned religious books from every language and putting them on the web.
** 2004, David Clarke, Technology and terrorism:It has become an article of faith that bin Laden and his associates routinely communicate through stegged messages posted on pornographic Web sites.
** 2008, Steve Walker, “Sick evil perverted pedos now helping terrorists.”, in uk.legal (Usenet):Sounds like nonsense to me - if you're going to pass stegged files there's plenty of anonymous dropfile sites, no need to use CP facilities which are likely to be subject to extra law enforcement, surveillance and site takedowns etc.

### Etymology 2

From Middle English steg, from Old Norse steggr, a word for the male of several animals, from Proto-Germanic *staggijaz. Compare stag.

#### Alternative forms

* stag

#### Noun

steg (plural stegs)
* (obsolete) A gander.
** 1809, Thomas Bewick, History of British Birds:[…] the males [geese] (Gander or Steg)

### References

* “steg”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* -gest, Gest, Gets, gest, gest-, gets, tegs

## Danish
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse steik f (“roast”), from Proto-Germanic *staikō. Related to the verb *stikaną (“to stick”). English steak is borrowed from Old Norse.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stajˀ/, [ˈsd̥ɑjˀ]
* Rhymes: -ajˀ

#### Noun

steg c (singular definite stegen, plural indefinite stege)
* joint (a cut of meat)
* roast (a cut of meat suited to roasting)
* roast meat, roast dinner
* (slang) attractive person

##### Derived terms

* andesteg
* culottesteg
* flæskesteg
* haresteg
* kalvesteg
* kyllingesteg
* lammesteg
* ribbenssteg
* skinkesteg
* tyksteg
* tyndsteg

##### References

* “steg” in Den Danske Ordbog

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /steːˀɣ/, [ˈsd̥eˀj], [ˈsd̥eˀ]

#### Verb

steg
* past tense of stige

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stajˀ/, [ˈsd̥ɑjˀ]

#### Verb

steg
* imperative of stege

## Middle English
### Noun

steg
* Alternative form of stagge

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

steg n (definite singular steget, indefinite plural steg, definite plural stega or stegene)
* step

#### Synonyms

* skritt

#### References

* “steg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

### Verb

steg
* simple past of stige

#### Alternative forms

* steig

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse stig.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /steːɡ/

### Noun

steg n (definite singular steget, indefinite plural steg, definite plural stega)
* a step
* a pace (the distance covered in a step)

#### Synonyms

* skritt

### References

* “steg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* stijȇg (Ijekavian)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stěgъ.

### Noun

stȇg m (Cyrillic spelling сте̑г)
* flagpole, flagstaff

## Swedish
### Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

steg n
* a step (with the foot, sometimes figuratively)
    Conny tog några steg mot köketConny took a few steps towards the kitchen
    steg för stegstep by step
    Vi vill ta det ett steg längreWe want to take it one step further
** 2001, Caramell (lyrics and music), “Caramelldansen [The Caramell dance ("karamell" is the usual spelling)]”, in Supergott [Super tasty]‎:Dansa med oss. Klappa era händer. Gör som vi gör och ta några steg åt vänster. Lyssna och lär. Missa inte chansen. Nu är vi här med Caramelldansen.Dance with us. Clap your hands. Do as we do and take a few steps to the left. Listen and learn. Don't miss the chance. Now we are here with the Caramell dance.
* a step (in a staircase or the like)
    Trappan har tjugo stegThe staircase has twenty steps
* a step (in a process or the like)
    Nästa steg i processen är att föra in bränslestavarnaThe next step in the process is to insert the fuel rods
** a stage (of certain devices)
    förstärkarstegamplifier stage
    slutstegoutput stage(literally, “end stage”)
    raketstegrocket stage

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | steg | stegs |
| singular | definite | steget | stegets |
| plural | indefinite | steg | stegs |
| plural | definite | stegen | stegens |

#### Derived terms

* fotsteg
* förstärkarsteg
* raketsteg
* slutsteg
* steglängd
* stegräknare
* tonsteg
* trappsteg

#### Related terms

* stega

#### See also

* kliv
* stege

### Verb

steg
* past indicative of stiga

### References

* steg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* steg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* steg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* gest, gets, segt, tegs